The New York Times has a detailed story on vacant positions within the Administration, which may explain the peculiar “limbo” situation of its Director, Under Secretary Lee. As of February ...
Michael E. McCabe, Jr. reports (here), at his IP Ethics and Insights blog, that Matthew Swyers, owner of The Trademark Company, has entered into an "exclusion on consent" agreement with ...
Louis French spent his legal career with Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma where he rose to the position of General Patent Counsel. He retired in the early 1980’s. With sadness, ...
Eugene Quinn has personally investigated the ongoing mystery to discover that now, nearly a full month after Inauguration, the incumbent leader of the Patent Office continues to sign papers as Director ...
From an insider at (not part of) the PTO: “There has been a lot of press and blogs about the leadership at the USPTO, but being on-site and knowing most of ...
Owen Smith was the retired and accomplished General Counsel of Philip Morris International who spent his career at the company where his responsibilities included global legal matters for his company. ...
Today, in Toro Co. v. Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc., __ F.3d __, No. 2016-2433 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Moore, J.), in sustaining a preliminary injunction, the panel noted the importance of motivation to ...
It remains a mystery whether the incumbent, the Hon. Michelle Lee, is still the Director of the PTO, and if there is no Director or Acting Director, a variety of ...
The Board rejected applicant's attempt to amend the drawing of the mark shown below to delete the words "SACRAMENTO CA," finding that such an amendment would be a material alteration ...
One source indicated that Ms. “Lee had *** formally filed a resignation letter in December” but recently “she has made clear that she would serve the Trump Administration if asked[.]” ...